What are you listening to now?

[Maestro267]

Glazunov: The Seasons
Royal PO/Ashkenazy

First listen to this work. Some incredibly gorgeous music here. This and the Fifth Symphony definitely make me want to explore more Glazunov. A fine addition to the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov school of Russian music.

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Berlin SO/Sanderling

[Madiel]

Chopin, Krakowiak Rondo, op.14

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[Madiel]

Vine, Symphony No.5 "Percussion". First listen.

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Frankly, this one isn't coming across as very 'symphonic'.

[aligreto]

Monteverdi: Ottavo Libro Dei Madrigali [Alessandrini]...

[HIPster]

Morning listening ~

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I am not a big stickler on sound quality, but...(German) DIVOX is actually one if the very best companies around (their recordings of organ music - the hardest to pull off - are really awesome). Another company with state-of-the-art recording quality is Æolus, which not entirely coincidental,  also German.

Q

Thank you, Que!   

I explored their site and have added a number of recordings to my wishlist - are there any that you particularly recommend? 

Monteverdi: Ottavo Libro Dei Madrigali [Alessandrini]...

Nice! 

[anothername]

Yevgeny Sudbin plays Scarlatti .

[Karl Henning]

And, just because I find it a great way to begin a Saturday's listening:

http://www.youtube.com/v/91b5FJxKb1A

[Mirror Image]

And, just because I find it a great way to begin a Saturday's listening:

http://www.youtube.com/v/91b5FJxKb1A

I'm digging into some Schoenberg, too:



Die glückliche Hand, Op. 18
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (string orchestra version)

[HIPster]

This Monteverdi recording continues to delight and amaze! 

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Hopefully the "new Naive" label will continue with the series.

[Sergeant Rock]

Cazazza Dan (Crudblud) Frozen Bob's Estranged Wife

https://www.youtube.com/v/SROnoyvZwXE


Sarge

[Harry]

Bach's organ music plays a big part in my life. Therefore I continue with this series, for the third time. It is no punishment

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/10/bach-js-complete-organ-works-cd-17.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Cazazza Dan (Crudblud) Frozen Bob's Estranged Wife

https://www.youtube.com/v/SROnoyvZwXE


Sarge

Okay, I'll try it, too!

[Harry]

I admire this composer for many reasons, and I think others should too

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/10/zador-eugene-1894-1977-orchestral-works.html?spref=tw

[Que]

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CD 1 - André-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813)
Céphale et Procris; Les Deux Avares; Anacréon chez Polycrate; La Caravane du Caire.
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano)

Concerto for transverse flute and orchestra in C
Jan De Winne (transverse flute)

This set has most made me aware of the musical qualities of Gétry (and of Gossec).
Exploring more of his operatic work is on the to-do list  (I'm sure that, amongst others, ritter and new erato can help me out there.... )

Q

[Drasko]

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[HIPster]

More this morning ~

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A fascinating program of (mostly) instrumental music from Claudio Monteverdi's time period.

Includes a superlative reading of Monteverdi's Altri canti d'amour from the 8th book of madrigals.  One wishes the same forces had recorded more mixed vocal/instrumental music from this book.

aligreto - are you familiar with this recording?

[bhodges]

Dipping in to some of Stockhausen Donnerstag aus Licht, live-streamed from Theater Basel. (Sonostream - new to me - requires email and password, but registration is instant.)

The set alone is worth a view, and some of the costumes will no doubt provoke a grin, but the music is pretty compelling.

https://sonostream.tv/live/donnerstag-aus-licht-2016-10-01

--Bruce

[HIPster]

In the running for recording/purchase of the year for me - oh and Que, is it time for this thread? 

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This recording, drawn from the series made in conjunction with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and released first on Harmonia Mundi (2002) and then on Glossa (2011), places the spotlight on another unfairly neglected figure from the late Baroque, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, an Italian who worked extensively in the German courts. The concertos and sinfonias (and one chacona) included here reflect the composers mastery of music from his own country (echoes of Vivaldi can be heard) and of the French orchestral language as practised by the German composers at this time. David Plantier and Václav Luks lead the La Cetra orchestra from Basel in a recording full of vitality.

[Harry]

In the running for recording/purchase of the year for me - oh and Que, is it time for this thread? 

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I am glad to hear that you think so too I did my best to promote this record!

[Spineur]

Ernest Bloch, Chamber music

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On can feel the romantic era ending...